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to go beyond the limit of
- the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstep. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of overstep was before the 12th century
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